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Nigerian PenCom adjusts pension

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... accumulated pension contributions had grown to N1.8 trillion (AU$13 billion) with another review to ideally create greater employment opportunities that in turn would stimulate even more pension contributions. Henshaw named inflation as the biggest danger ...

Nightmare on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... make significant headway into jobs. But also one that continues to grow moderately to prevent a large deterioration in employment. "One, two... he's coming for you. Three, four... better lock your door."

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... warning only confirmed what many had feared after recent disappointing data, especially last week's worse-than-expected employment report, which stoked growing fears of a double-dip recession. Data earlier on Wednesday also showed a marked slowdown in ...

Bending it like Bernanke

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... proceeding and the labor market is improving gradually." Last night, the statement read, "the pace of recovery in output and employment has slowed in recent months". Really? Has the macro-economic environment changed that much in less than two months? ...

Not a jobless double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
... abyss. This, if you believe the talking heads and the written words on the financial media after the latest update on US employment hit trading screens last Friday night. The numbers. Overall employment fell by 131,000 in July. This is greater than consensus ...

Squared

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
... is due for release tomorrow. Financial markets expect the US unemployment rate to nudge up to 9.6 per cent in July. Employment is expected to fall by 65,000 as more Census workers are let go. Private sector jobs are forecast to increase by 90,000. This ...

Good newer news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
... subtracted 2.1 per cent from US real GDP in quarter two. The ISM report also showed that new orders, export orders and employment extending their gains in July. In a way, these are linked. More new orders and increased overseas orders require workers ...

Strachan to head combined investment team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... investment meetings," said Press. She said the strategy addressed possible concerns from both investment teams regarding employment post-merger and allowed individual members of the team to take on more investment responsibility. In April this year ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... buyers who signed contracts to purchase homes fell in June. Traders are also uneasy ahead of the Labor Department's July employment report due out Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 38 points, or 0.36 per cent, to 10,636.38. The Standard & ...

Corrupt city officials face pension freeze

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... allegedly earned a 'secret' annual salary of US$800,000. Last week, Attorney General Edmund Brown subpoenaed hundreds of employment, salary, and contract records in the city in California called Bell. The city's top officials were also subpoenaed. These ...